Flagrant Desir (1985)

Genres - Crime, Drama, Mystery  |   Sub-Genres - Detective Film, Melodrama, Gay & Lesbian Films  |   Run Time - 95 min.  |   Countries - France  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Also known as A Certain Desire, this French murder melodrama stars Sam Waterston and Marisa Berenson. Waterston plays Gerry Morrison, an Interpol agent assigned to solve the murder of a Bordeaux wine heiress. Jeanne Barnac Berenson is one of the suspects, who in the course of the investigation is revealed to be a lesbian, in love with the widowed Marlene Bell-Ferguson (Lauren Hutton). Pretty soon, Morrison has exposed virtually all the secrets of those closest to the murder victim. Indeed, with so much else going on, the solution of the mystery is almost an afterthought.

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vineyard, winemaker, espionage, heir, investigation, investigator, lesbianism, murder, widow/widower